Thursday I didn't get a chance to blog mainly because there was (yikes!) no nap time. Those words always make me a little queasy! The fact that we can survive the day without a nap is ridiculous!! We didn't do a lot of intense school work that morning, but continued practicing Fs....Ford wrote them all over the chalkboard and Ruby tried making lines all over some paper and the chalkboard (one or two might have looked like an F...)....Rachel finished up what she called her "F word worksheet" (her words, not mine!). She had written February, face, fox, fish, frog, Friday, fix, and maybe a few more words. She practiced them in upper and lower case and was so proud of herself for keeping up with the paper the whole week! Rachel also began a new lesson in her Math book with addition facts. She learned how to add zero to any number and was so excited at how easy it was!! When she was in the Primer, she caught on really quickly to adding one, so I'm hoping addition facts come easily to her all the way through, but I know it's going to get hard. I love this book, though, and it's manipulatives. The blocks do a great job of helping kids visualize the addition. Ruby had an exciting day of pooping in the potty AND making it to the library AND Wal-Mart without any accidents!! Then we went back to Vanessa's house because Mr. Russell had found a box at Goodwill for $8 with all kinds of Thomas track and trains and they needed Engineer Ford's expertise! Ford was glad to assist and we put some track together that morning for them. We ate a great lunch of fresa and chicken nuggets and then headed home for a little while before our enrichment activities. Ford made some really cool things at art that day with texture and weaving and sewing. Rachel had a wonderful violin lesson and is getting closer and closer to starting her first song. She's very excited! Ruby said she had a great "Baba Lesson". She stays in my Mom's office down the hall from violin while Rachel and I go to practice :) That evening we took Papa back to Vanessa's and he, Russell, Ford, and Kingston had some boy time setting up the Thomas track and figuring it all out. Let's be honest, Russell and Allen had a GREAT time! I'm afraid of what would happen if the two of them got to hang out at the Lego table together for too long!! Since no one napped, bedtime was quick and easy, but the night was kind of rough. I think Ruby was just thrown off completely without a short little snooze. However, Friday morning was full of excitement because Ford stayed in his bed all night and earned his dollar for the week. He added that dollar to the nine dollars in his treasure chest and bought a new Lego Toby!!! He's so excited!!! I will say, Toby is pretty cool and comes with a bridge and a crossing and some trees. His collection is growing again, but I really like these Legos so much better than the ridiculous collection of wooden train pieces and parts we had before. I really feel, too, that he spends his time making his own stories with these trains and doesn't just constantly reenact the same scene over and over from a Thomas book. It's fun when he makes a track around the Hello Kitty Legos, too, and picks Hello Kitty and her friends up in his train to take them to the school or the hotel.
Anyway....we finished up our week of F by going back to the bowl of F objects and naming them and remembering the activities we had done and books we had read and everyone agreed that making the Fresas was our favorite activity. Finally, we talked about the month of February and how it was special because it only has 28 days and what happens during a Leap Year. Next week we're going to talk about the letter L and how the month of March comes in like a Lion and goes out like a Lamb. And of course, Leprechauns!
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